ID: 8451
Date of birth : 1866
Place of birth : S. Þingeyjarsýsla
Date of death : 1951
Sveinn Sveinsson: He was born in 1866 in S. Þingeyjarsýsla and died on January 14, 1951. He was known as Swainson in the west.
Spouse: Ovídá Jóelsdóttir born in 1870 (listed as Avídá in Vesturfaraskrá). Died on March 11, 1949.
Children: 1) Jón b. 1891 2) Joel Theodor 3) Ida Dórothea.
They emigrated directly to Winnipeg in 1893. Sveinn worked as a tailor until he lost his job in 1914. He moved onto land in the Árdals-Framnes Settlement. The land was among the poorest in the Settlement and Sveinn was not successful for several years.
Óvídá stayed in Winnipeg and did not move.